Interchangeable shaft and club head connection system
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsThomas Orrin Bennett, Michael Scott Burnett, Noah De La Cruz, Charles E. Golden, Christopher D. Harvell, Scott A. Knutson, Stephen S. Murphy, Kenneth C. Scott, Daniel S. Callinan
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a golf club including a shaft, a club head and several devices for releasably connecting the shaft to the club head.
Claims15
A golf club comprising a shaft, a club head and a connection system releasably connecting the shaft to the club head, said connection system comprises a three-part hosel, wherein a first hosel part is connected to the shaft, a second hosel sits freely atop the club head, and an anti-rotation device, independent of the first hosel part and the second hosel part, being fixedly coupled to the club head;
- wherein the first and second hosel parts are rotatable relative to each other;
- wherein the anti-rotation device comprises a first serrated surface, and the first hosel part comprises a second corresponding serrated surface;
- wherein the first and second serrated surfaces mate to minimize relative rotation between the shaft and club head;
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- wherein the first serrated surface and the second serrated surface are the only contact surfaces between the first hosel part and the anti-rotation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.